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  • The DAO Moment

    The DAO Moment

    The new Alchemists
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    Jordan Hall
    Jan 27

    On the future of the blockchain

    And the continuing adventures of SOCI
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    Jordan Hall
    May 8, 2021
    The Rise and Fall of Networks

    The Rise and Fall of Networks

    The following has long struck me as obvious, but it occurred to me yesterday that it might not be. So I share it herein.
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    Jordan Hall
    Jul 1, 2020
    Defund (and redesign) everything.

    Defund (and redesign) everything.

    We have now reached a very interesting point. At least at the narrative level we have reached the point that “defunding the police” is a…
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    Jordan Hall
    Jun 8, 2020
    Situational Assessment: Right Now

    Situational Assessment: Right Now

    [3.15.20]
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    Jordan Hall
    Mar 15, 2020
    Situational Assessment 2019: AOC Edition

    Situational Assessment 2019: AOC Edition

    This post will be an extension and update to the model first shared in Situational Assessment: 2017. Some familiarity with the concepts…
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    Jordan Hall
    Jan 20, 2019
    Considering Anti-Fragility

    Considering Anti-Fragility

    Nassim Taleb famously brought the notion of anti-fragile into our consciousness in his book by that name.
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    Jordan Hall
    Oct 23, 2018
    An Inquiry Concerning Science and Religion

    An Inquiry Concerning Science and Religion

    It seems that an old conversation has begun again. After several decades of relative silence and in the context of the rising popularity of…
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    Jordan Hall
    May 25, 2018

    The Weaponization of Civil Conflict

    I happen to be a bit of a student of history. As such, I’ve noticed that what we are witnessing in the United States (and much of the West…
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    Jordan Hall
    Mar 26, 2018
    What is the problem with social media?

    What is the problem with social media?

    It appears that at long last the popular sentiment seems to be boiling with enough intensity to (maybe) do something about the problem of…
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    Jordan Hall
    Mar 23, 2018
    On Sovereignty

    On Sovereignty

    It might very well be the case that 2018 will be known as the “Year of Jordan Peterson”.
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    Jordan Hall
    Feb 19, 2018
    On Thinking and Simulated Thinking

    On Thinking and Simulated Thinking

    I would like to explore what I think is a useful distinction between “thinking” and a quite different phenomenon that might be best…
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    Jordan Hall
    Feb 16, 2018
    Situational Assessment 2018: the Calm Before the Storm

    Situational Assessment 2018: the Calm Before the Storm

    This series began in 2015 with an effort to do a broad assessment of the various risks present in the total global environment. Last year…
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    Jordan Hall
    Feb 1, 2018
    The War on Sensemaking

    The War on Sensemaking

    I’d like to propose that we are already fighting World War III. We are not merely getting perilously close or or waiting for the other shoe…
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    Jordan Hall
    Apr 22, 2017
    Understanding the Blue Church

    Understanding the Blue Church

    In my Situational Assessment: 2017, I quoted a post from Reddit:
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    Jordan Hall
    Mar 30, 2017
    Situational Assessment 2017: Trump Edition

    Situational Assessment 2017: Trump Edition

    In 2015, I took a swing at assessing the shape and state of our global challenges. Looking back, that essay is still well worth a read, but…
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    Jordan Hall
    Jan 25, 2017
    Lets get this straight, Bitcoin is an experiment in self-organizing collective intelligence.

    Lets get this straight, Bitcoin is an experiment in self-organizing collective intelligence.

    There have been a lot of conversations about Bitcoin over the years. Is it a currency or an equity or a commodity? Is it a store of value…
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    Jordan Hall
    Feb 16, 2016
    The Axiomatics of Abundance

    The Axiomatics of Abundance

    I was recently challenged by a friend around my model of abundance and put together this set of axioms that drive my thinking. I have no…
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    Jordan Hall
    Jan 14, 2016
    The Future of Organization

    The Future of Organization

    Human organizational models have long been limited to a small set of effective approaches. For small organizations with fewer than thirty…
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    Jordan Hall
    Aug 11, 2015
    The Hacker Ethos

    The Hacker Ethos

    What is a hacker?
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    Jordan Hall
    May 26, 2015
    Infinitesimal Courage

    Infinitesimal Courage

    A few weeks ago, I found myself in a conversation with my friends Jim Rutt and Yasuhiko Kimura on the topic of courage. (Specifically, Jim…
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    Jordan Hall
    May 18, 2015
    Situational Assessment 2015

    Situational Assessment 2015

    This essay discusses my current sense of our challenges. Importantly, this should not be read as gloomy, pessmistic or hopeless. I’m…
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    Jordan Hall
    Mar 2, 2015
    The Economy as Fitness Landscape

    The Economy as Fitness Landscape

    It is useful to consider the economy as a “fitness landscape”. It is a far from neutral environment on which there are some highly…
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    Jordan Hall
    Feb 24, 2015

    A Note On Method

    As I am going through this process, I thought it would be useful to outline some of my methodological (and or idiosyncratic) assumptions.
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    Jordan Hall
    Jan 11, 2015
    Foundational Assumptions

    Foundational Assumptions

    I find that it is often crucial to communicate my foundational assumptions when attempting to dialogue. Disagreement at the foundational…
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    Jordan Hall
    Nov 21, 2014
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